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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by pieix on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @07:22AM (#41847368)
The Shuttle cost $48 billion to develop in inflation-adjusted dollars β€” contrast this with the ~$5B spent on Starship development thus far. It’s hard to defend the claim that NASA is or ever has been under-funded.
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Re:Google Funding Construction of Seven U.S. Nuclear Reactors by msandford on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @08:18AM (#41847783)
NASAs "do stuff" budget is super small because their "keep all the experts on staff" budget is insatiable.

It's not entirely bad though, I'm sure lots of those folks are doing good and important stuff. But I don't think the balance between employment and building things is quite right. At least to my tastes.

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